Windows XP Professional SP 2 on an IBM Thinkpad A20m 2628-2du

[Guest]

I originally installed Windows 200 on my Thinkpad, but I like XP better. When
I try to install XP Pro SP 2, it formats, copies all the files and restarts.
Upon restarting, I get the IBM screen to enter set up or boot from another
disk. After that, the screen goes blank and everything stops. I can hear the
drive spinning for a little bit, but after that, nothing. I have 380 MB of
RAM and 500 megaherz processor, so as far as I know, it should be able to
handle XP.

After all this, I installed Windows 2000 again. Works great. I then updated
the BIOS to the latest version and tried to install XP again and I have the
same problem. I would really like to get XP working because I hate 2000.

Any ideas?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I originally installed Windows 200 on my Thinkpad, but I like XP
better. When I try to install XP Pro SP 2, it formats, copies all the
files and restarts. Upon restarting, I get the IBM screen to enter
set up or boot from another disk. After that, the screen goes blank
and everything stops. I can hear the drive spinning for a little bit,
but after that, nothing. I have 380 MB of RAM and 500 megaherz
processor, so as far as I know, it should be able to handle XP.

After all this, I installed Windows 2000 again. Works great. I then
updated the BIOS to the latest version and tried to install XP again
and I have the same problem. I would really like to get XP working
because I hate 2000.

Drivers..
Do you have the Windows XP Drivers for your machine?

 

[Guest]

I can't get far enough to install them. I never make it into Windows. I
posted a message Thinkpad forum and was told that I have to change the BIOS
to boot from CD first rather than pressing F12 to do it.

Do you agree with that being a possibility?

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I can't get far enough to install them. I never make it into
Windows. I posted a message Thinkpad forum and was told that I have
to change the BIOS to boot from CD first rather than pressing F12 to
do it.

Do you agree with that being a possibility?

Technically - it shouldn't matter how you choose to boot from CD.. You may
need to do it more than once, however - so it may be easier to setup the
BIOS to boot from CD first for now.

Have you checked IBM's web pages for an updated BIOS that may be needed to
allow Windows XP to install/run properly?

 

[Guest]

Yes. I have the latest version of the BIOS.

Technically - it shouldn't matter how you choose to boot from CD.. You may
need to do it more than once, however - so it may be easier to setup the
BIOS to boot from CD first for now.

Have you checked IBM's web pages for an updated BIOS that may be needed to
allow Windows XP to install/run properly?